Tuesday, March 11, 2025

ABRACADABRA

In the clogged wings
offstage, 

limitless prototypes 
wait (since eternity) 

for just the right climax 
or inciting incident 

to flood and ply
the arch 

for all 
of half a minute. 

*

Every Earth-second 
yields 4.5 infants—
and yet, 

in physics, it's professed 
that the instant 
two bits hit each other 

all of their mystery 
is forthwith 
annihilated. 


From their seats 
in the house, 

the audience 
bears witness 

to undying iterations 
of 1s and 0s 

piling as 
long cords, 

into fantastic shapes 
never seen before—

but that doesn't stop them 
from leaning to whisper 

their trite explanations 
of the metaphor.